A fresh string of phishing attacks have struck financial institutions nationwide over the past two weeks, with customers of 10 banks and credit unions in California, New York, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin receiving fraudulent text messages or automated phone calls.
These incidents are concurrent with a new report from the Anti-Phishing Working Group, which says such attacks are up nearly 600 percent this year.
Text Messaging Scams
Members 1st Federal Credit Union of central Pennsylvania reported on Sept. 28 that it received calls from customers about text messages claiming that their cards were blocked. The calls were purportedly from Members 1st, and the customer phones that were targeted were reportedly AT&T mobile phones.
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